Diane Keaton
Biography
Diane Hall Keaton (born Diane Hall; January 5, 1946 – October 11, 2025) was an American actress, director and producer. Known for her idiosyncratic personality and fashion style, she received various accolades throughout her career spanning over six decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and the AFI Life Achievement Award. Keaton began her career on stage appearing in the original 1968 Broadway production of the musical Hair. The next year, she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination for her performance in Woody Allen's comic play Play it Again, Sam. She then made her screen debut in a small role in Lovers and Other Strangers (1970). She rose to prominence with her first major film role as Kay Adams-Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972), a role she reprised in its sequels The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather Part III (1990). The films that most shaped her career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen, beginning with the film adaptation of Play It Again, Sam (1972). Her next two films with Allen, Sleeper (1973) and Love and Death (1975), established her as a comic actor. Her fourth, the romantic comedy Annie Hall (1977), won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. To avoid being typecast as her Annie Hall persona, she appeared in several dramatic films, starring in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) and Allen's Interiors (1978), and received three more Academy Award nominations for playing feminist activist Louise Bryant in Reds (1981), a woman with leukemia in Marvin's Room (1996), and a dramatist in Something's Gotta Give (2003). Her other popular films include Manhattan (1979), Baby Boom (1987), Father of the Bride (1991), Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), The First Wives Club (1996), The Family Stone (2005), Morning Glory (2010), Finding Dory (2016) and Book Club (2018).
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Daily Show
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The View
1997
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Colbert Report
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
The Daily Show
as Self · 1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest · 2019
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Guest · 1961
The View
as Self · 1997
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
The Colbert Report
· 2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1962
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
· 1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self · 2003
Mannix
· 1967
Love, American Style
as Louise · 1969
The Godfather
as Kay Adams · 1972
Intimate Portrait
as Self · 1993
The F.B.I.
as Diane Britt · 1965
The Godfather Part III
as Kay Adams · 1990
The Reichen Show
as Self · 2005
The Godfather Part II
as Kay Corleone · 1974
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Night Gallery
as Nurse Frances Nevins (segment "Room with a View") · 1970
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
The Wonderful World of Disney
· 1997
Goldene Kamera
as Self · 1984
Green Eggs and Ham
as Michellee (voice) · 2019
Finding Dory
as Jenny (voice) · 2016
The Early Show
as Self · 1999
The Young Pope
as Sister Mary · 2016
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
as Self - Actress · 2024
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
as Kay Adams-Corleone · 1977
Something's Gotta Give
as Erica Barry · 2003
Morning Glory
as Colleen Peck · 2010
Father of the Bride
as Nina Banks · 1991
Love the Coopers
as Charlotte Cooper · 2015
The First Wives Club
as Annie MacDuggan Paradis · 1996
And So It Goes
as Leah · 2014
Book Club: The Next Chapter
as Diane · 2023
Hanging Up
as Georgia Mozell · 2000
Annie Hall
as Annie Hall · 1977
The Family Stone
as Sybil Stone · 2005
Because I Said So
as Daphne · 2007
Maybe I Do
as Grace · 2023
Marvin's Room
as Bessie Wakefield · 1996
Father of the Bride Part II
as Nina Banks · 1995
Look Who's Talking Now!
as Daphne (voice) · 1993
Book Club
as Diane · 2018
The Big Wedding
as Ellie Griffin · 2013
Summer Camp
as Nora · 2024
Manhattan
as Mary Wilkie · 1979
5 Flights Up
as Ruth Carver · 2014
Baby Boom
as J.C. Wiatt · 1987
Mad Money
as Bridget Cardigan · 2008
Manhattan Murder Mystery
as Carol Lipton · 1993
The Other Sister
as Elizabeth Tate · 1999
Play It Again, Sam
as Linda Christie · 1972
Radio Days
as New Year's Singer · 1987
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
as Sara · 2020
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Theresa · 1977
Mama's Boy
as Jan Mannus · 2007
Sleeper
as Luna Schlosser · 1973
Poms
as Martha · 2019
Love and Death
as Sonja · 1975
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
as Kay Adams-Corleone · 1992
Reds
as Louise Bryant · 1981
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self · 2011
Interiors
as Renata · 1978
Darling Companion
as Beth · 2012
Monty and the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Hampstead
as Emily Walters · 2017
Mack & Rita
as Rita · 2022
The Good Mother
as Anna Dunlop · 1988
Smother
as Marilyn Cooper · 2008
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) · 2005
The Little Drummer Girl
as Charlie · 1984
Crimes of the Heart
as Lenny Magrath · 1986
Lovers and Other Strangers
as Joan Vecchio · 1970
Town & Country
as Ellie Stoddard · 2001
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
as Nina · 2020
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
as Self / Kay Adams · 1990
Night of 100 Stars
as Self · 1982
Arthur's Whisky
as Linda · 2024
Harry and Walter Go to New York
as Lissa Chestnut · 1976
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams
as Self · 2024
Mrs. Soffel
as Kate Soffel · 1984
Shoot the Moon
as Faith Dunlap · 1982
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self (archive footage) · 1980
Surrender, Dorothy
as Natalie Swerdlow · 2006
The Only Thrill
as Carol Fritzsimmons · 1997
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
as Self · 1971
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
as Renata Wallinger · 1971
Sister Mary Explains It All
as Sister Mary Ignatius · 2001
The Lemon Sisters
as Eloise Hamer · 1989
I Am Divine
as Self (archive) · 2014
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
as Amelia Earhart · 1994
On Thin Ice
as Patsy McCartle · 2003
Northern Lights
as Roberta Blumstein · 1998
Plan B
as Fran Varecchio · 2002
Terminal Impact
as Narrator · 2004
I Will, I Will...For Now
as Katie Bingham · 1976
Running Mates
as Aggie Snow · 1992
The Wizard of Malta
as Narrator · 1981
Artist in Residence
as Toni Beckworth
Crossed Over
as Beverly Lowry · 2002
Unforgettable
as Self · 2010